UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for theShareholder Meeting to Be Held on <mtgdate>.You are receiving this communication because you holdshares in the above named company.This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to votethese shares. This communication presents only anoverview of the more complete proxy materials that areavailable to you on the Internet. You may view the proxymaterials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request apaper copy (see reverse side).We encourage you to access and review all of the importantinformation contained in the proxy materials before voting.Meeting InformationMeeting Type: <mtgtype>For holders as of: <recdate>Date: Time: <mtgtime>Location:0000195927_1 R1.0.0.51160AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.245 PARK AVE., 26TH FL.NEW YORK, NY 10167Annual MeetingMarch 03, 2014April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 10:00 AM EDTAngelo, Gordon & Co.245 Park Avenue, 26th FloorNew York, NY 10167
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Voting items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
1. Election of Directors
Nominees
01 Arthur Ainsberg 02 Andrew L. Berger 03 Joseph LaManna 04 Jonathan Lieberman 05 Peter Linneman
06 David Roberts 07 Frank Stadelmaier
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.
2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014; and
3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation.
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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0000195928_2 R1.0.0.51160Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice & Proxy Statement, Form 10-K is/areavailable at www.proxyvote.com .AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.Annual Meeting of StockholdersApril 30, 2014 10:00 AMThis proxy is solicited by the Board of DirectorsThe undersigned hereby appoints David Roberts, Jonathan Lieberman and Allan Krinsman, and each of them,with full power of substitution and power to act alone, as proxies to vote all the shares of Common Stock whichthe undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present and acting at the Annual Meeting of StockholdersAG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., to be held at the offices of Angelo, Gordon & Co., 245 Park Avenue, 26thFloor, New York, New York 10167, on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and anyadjournments or postponements thereof, as follows:(If you noted any Address Changes and/or Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.)Address change/comments:Continued and to be signed on reverse side